( March 2, 2026, 2:50 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 2 denied a petition for rehearing filed by a bankrupt medical corporation and its chief scientific officer of a denial of a petition for writ of certiorari in which they sought review of a California appellate court’s award of punitive damages to a former employee who sued for breach of contract and conversion....